[time-nuts] HP K34-59991A, patents

Bruce Rahn brahn at woh.rr.com
Wed Feb 2 14:56:12 EST 2005


Tom Van Baak wrote:

>Patents are easy to look up and in some cases they
>contain a lot more detail than marketing literature or
>even op/svc manuals. I've archived a hundred of time
>& frequency related patents over the years.
>
>Here's the one for the K34-59991A:
>http://www.leapsecond.com/patent/US4282482.pdf
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>A nice one on the internals of a cesium tube:
>http://www.leapsecond.com/patent/US3967115.pdf
>
>And the FTS cesium peak auto-lock algorithm patent:
>http://www.leapsecond.com/patent/US4499433.pdf
>
>I'll upload the whole collection if there's interest.
>
>/tvb
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Daun Yeagley" <daun at yeagley.net>
>To: "Tom Van Baak" <tvb at leapsecond.com>; "Discussion of precise time and
>frequency measurement" <time-nuts at febo.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 06:38
>Subject: RE: [time-nuts] HP K34-59991A
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>>Tom, why doesn't it surprise me that you would know the patent number!
>>
>>Daun Yeagley
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]On
>>Behalf Of Tom Van Baak
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 6:47 AM
>>To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>>Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP K34-59991A
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>>>The manager who hired me at HP in 1979, Mike Fischer, invented the
>>>circuit in that phase comparator.  You can read his patent if
>>>you are interested in the theory of it.  (No, I don't have the
>>>patent #).
>>>
>>>Rick Karlquist
>>>      
>>>
>>4,282,482
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Tom,

I would love to see more of these!

Regards -- Bruce

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Bruce Rahn

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